Below are a few resources we believe can help you be an ally and help advocate for social and racial justice.

• Know Your Rights as a Protestor whether you are organizing or attending.
• How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid
• Contact Your Representatives. Find your local representatives here.
• Find your blind spots. Explore Harvard’s Implicit Project. This test will highlight where your unconscious biases lie.

• Get up to date information on local Arlington news, meetings and events including protests here. In order to learn more about Arlington public safety click here.
• Find a way to make a difference in Arlington — share feedback today, or find ways to get more deeply involved.
• Read the statement from the Police Chief, Union and Association Regarding the Death of Mr. George Floyd

• Stay Woke A People’s Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter written Tehama Lopez Bunyasi, an assistant professor at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, and Candis Watts Smith.
• Black Feminist Thought written Patricia Hill Collins
• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
• This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Morag
• When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelso
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD

Looking for more great reads? Check out these 10 Black-Owned Online Bookstores to Support While at Home

• 1619 (New York Times)
• Code Switch (NPR)
• Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
• Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
• The Enslaved People of George Mason

• How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion – Peggy McIntosh
• Let’s get to the Root of Racial Injustice – Megan Ming Francis

University Life Racial Justice Resource Page

Diversity, Inclusion and Multicultural Education (ODIME) + LGBTQ Resources engages the various Mason constituents in awareness and exploration of the diversity of our campus community, identity development, and global and cultural competencies. With student support and advocacy as a primary focal area for our work, ODIME and LGBTQ Resources offer services, resources, and experiences that assist students in recognizing, cultivating, and actualizing their potential to thrive and succeed at Mason and beyond. Both offices service as a resource to members of the Mason community who seek to strengthen their capacities to meaningfully engage and interact with people with different identities and numerous intersections to engage and co-create an inclusive and welcoming campus environment.

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Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides confidential personal and academic services to students. Individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, consultations to students, faculty and staff, and community education programs are offered.

For more information about University Life offices please click here. If you have any questions please contact University Life Arlington at 703-993-8984 or email ularl@gmu.edu.